Construction has resumed on the Sunseeker Resort Charlotte Harbor, about a month after Hurricane Ian caused two of its construction cranes to collapse.

Allegiant Travel Co., the Las Vegas-based company behind the upcoming resort on the banks of the Peace River, said last week that it has started work again on Sunseeker, which is scheduled to open in September 2023.

The company said it is currently replacing all of its cranes and moving to mobile cranes for the duration of the project.

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Allegiant has also started construction the hotel's Reflections Pool, a 117,074-square- foot, ground-level pool deck next to the resort's main tower. More than 700 yards of concrete were poured into the base of the pool, which totals 19,420 square feet and will eventually hold 508,500 gallons of water.

Construction on the 785-key, $585 million Sunseeker originally started in early 2019, but a year later, work stopped because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Work resumed in August 2021 after the company secured financing for the remainder of the project, and doors were scheduled to open in May 2023. After Ian, however, the grand opening was pushed back to September.

Allegiant plans to hire more than 1,200 employees to staff the resort, which is about 15% of the current leisure and hospitality employment in the Punta Gorda metro area, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Recruiting efforts for Sunseeker are expected to kick off in the spring, the company said.

Allegiant is the main airline at the Punta Gorda Airport in Charlotte County. Punta Gorda was the company's busiest airport during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Allegiant has said that it flies millions of people in and out of Florida, including the Sarasota Bradenton International Airport, every year.

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This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Allegiant resumes construction on Sunseeker Resort after Hurricane Ian